It is sad to hear that the famous chef, author and most of all a gifted story teller who took TV viewers around the world to explore cultures through cuisines has died. He apparently committed suicide in his hotel room in France.
In his famous TV series " Part Unknown", he traveled in many places worldwide to film about food dishes and the people and cultural the dishes came from. But his first love as he would fondly called it is the once capital city of Vietnam - Hue. Matter of facts he would made two more episodes about Vietnam and its cuisine. He would say that Vietnam is a place he would visit again and again for the food and people. In the 2016 season premier, he visited Hanoi and sat down President Obama for a beer and ate the popular Hanoi noodles with grilled pork. It was an instant classic.
President Obama tweeted about the meal he shared with the chef:
“Low plastic stool, cheap but delicious noodles, cold Hanoi beer.” This is how I’ll remember Tony. He taught us about food — but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown. We’ll miss him.
In his famous TV series " Part Unknown", he traveled in many places worldwide to film about food dishes and the people and cultural the dishes came from. But his first love as he would fondly called it is the once capital city of Vietnam - Hue. Matter of facts he would made two more episodes about Vietnam and its cuisine. He would say that Vietnam is a place he would visit again and again for the food and people. In the 2016 season premier, he visited Hanoi and sat down President Obama for a beer and ate the popular Hanoi noodles with grilled pork. It was an instant classic.
President Obama tweeted about the meal he shared with the chef:
“Low plastic stool, cheap but delicious noodles, cold Hanoi beer.” This is how I’ll remember Tony. He taught us about food — but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown. We’ll miss him.
Here are some of the links of his Vietnam visits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMrgQ_dOyhk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzO9NITmd84
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGMyb6VRfE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPneFmnXfrM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUMlwNHNXp0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh9VEmJRUlo
